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Second night of the new Christmas Harlequinade, which was received last night with unprecedented success!
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Broadside playbill from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland, from December 20, 1849. Printed by Reid, Printer, Nottingham Place, Edinburgh. It advertises the "Second Night of the New Christmas Harlequinade," featuring the comedy "The Rivals," by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, along with a "New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, founded upon an Old Nursery Tale," titled "Little Boy Blue!![;] Or Harlequin and the Goblin Gnome of the Californian Gold Mines," written by Nelson Lee, Esq. The broadside lists features of the pantomime extensively, including characters and a "Brief Programme of the Principal Scenes, Accidents & Incidents," including a miner named Grizzle, his daughter, Primrose, and his servant, Little Boy Blue. It features "Metallic Gnomes and Aerial Fairies," and settings include "Avarice Farm on the Banks of the Rio Sacramento." It also mentions the "Bull and Mouth Tavern," and "A Moonlight View of the Thames & Hungerford Suspension Bridge." This broadside represents the earliest known reference of the California Gold Rush in Europe.
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